A peculiar manner of crossdressing lady.
From practicalcats:
I found out very recently that Stella Tennant the model is the great-niece of Stephen Tennant, noted 20s homme quaintrelle. Here is a photo of her dressed up as him.
Sweet Christ. She looks statuesque— ethereal — almost too beautiful & androgynous; a bit as Bosie was once described.
And a historical homme quaintrelle! Reading this article about him was thrilling! “The shyness that wasn’t so much a wish not to be seen as a wish to be applauded on sight” …
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Sweet Jesus. /fans self
Oh my actual fuck.
Thanks for introducing me to this intriguing person, this Stephen Tennant.